What is the Best Quality Gemstone Cabochon?

Cabochons stones are special gemstones that are designed in a concave shape. Gemstone cabochons can be worn in a ring or in a necklace, but they are supposed to work better when directly used without any base material. To be able to choose the best quality cabochons, it is important to know some basic things about these gemstones to be able to examine them properly.

If you are going to purchase a gemstone, it is very important to purchase the original product, but these days with the help of technology these precious stones can be replicated easily to make replicas that look exactly like the original ones, therefore making it hard to identify. Though there are some specific and unique qualities of cabochons gemstone that make it easier to identify the original one. If you have a bit of information about what exactly to look for in cabochons, you can save yourself from fake products.

Firstly, it is important to know what type of cabochon stone you want to buy. If you know how an original ruby gemstone looks like you can easily identify the cabochon cut version of it. Cabochon is basically a type of cut not a particular gemstone, you can give a cabochon cut version to many gemstones. One example is a turquoise stone that usually cannot be faceted due to its natural thick color. Therefore cabochon cut is used to make various patterns out of it. Now, you have understood that cabochon cut is usually used for gemstones that are not likely to be faceted. Some other stones like opal are usually cut as cabochons because these stones are very soft and therefore faceting them can make them more open to scratches. Even the stones having perfect color can also be cut into a cabochon because of the inclusions in it. A stone having two different shades is not likely to be faceted as it may spoil the luster of the stone.

As we already know that cabochons are oval at the top and flat at the bottom, they are usually unpolished and smooth at the back. These stones are not faceted only polished to improve their look, as they are usually opaque. Gemstones that lack clarity and are denser are usually cannot be faceted and so are used for cabochon cut. Cabochons generally have an inner glitter like a star. The cabochon cut highlights the natural sparkle of the stone. The basic purpose of a cabochon cut is to make the inclusions in a stone attractive and the stone sparkle rather than making it look tedious unlike many clear gemstones.

Cabochon has many varieties depending on color and the lightest color of the cabochon gemstone that is pale, not attractive and almost transparent is lesser valuable while cabochons with deeper shades are dark and beautiful are more valuable. The price of a gemstone cabochon depends on factors like, cut, color, clarity, shape and size of the stone. Availability of a specific size and type of stone also plays an important role in the price of the stone. Cabochon gemstones that are usually available in large sizes may cost lesser than the stones that are not commonly available in large sizes. To make sure that you get the best cabochon gemstone, you need to check for all the aspects.

I am having experience of around 15 years in Gems and Jewelry field. With this article I want to share some information about Cabochons.

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